Chitral Campaign

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Chitral Campaign
Part of North West Frontier Campaigns 1849-1908
Date: 1 April-15 May 1895
Location: Chitral, NWF
Presidency: Bengal
Co-ordinates: 35.886041°N 71.797177°E
Result: Submission of tribes
Combatants
British & Indians Chitrali tribesmen
Commanders
Brig Gen Sir Robert Low
Strength
15,249
Casualties
21 killed
101 wounded

Campaign Actions

Siege and Relief of Chitral
Battle of Malakand Pass

Chitral Relief Force

First Brigade
Brig Gen A.A.Kinloch CB
1st Batt Bedfordshire Regt
1st Batt King's Royal Rifles
15th Sikhs
37th Dogras

Second Brigade
Brig Gen H.G.Waterfield
1st Batt King's Own Scottish Borderers
1st Batt Gordon Highlanders
4th Sikhs
Guides Infantry

Third Brigade
Brig Gen W.F.Gatacre DSO
1st Batt East Kent Regt
2nd Batt Seaforth Highlanders
25th Punjab Infantry
2nd Batt 4th Gurkhas

Divisional Troops
11th Bengal Lancers
15th Field Battery Royal Artillery
3rd Mountain Battery Royal Artillery
8th Mountain Battery Royal Artillery
No2 Dejarat Mountain Battery
3 Companies Sappers & Miners
Engineer Field Park
Half British Field Hospital
2 Native Field Hospitals
No1 Veterinary Field Hospital
Mazim Gun Detachment 1st Batt Devonshire Regt

External Links

Wikipedia - North West Frontier Military History
NWF Expeditions
Google Books - Chitral Campaign

Recommended Reading

Campaigns of the North-West Frontier by Capt H.L.Nevill DSO 1916
Reprinted by The Naval & Military Press Ltd 2005
ISBN 1-845741-87-0